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wasst aMwmlt Central put out Panthers win title By GARRY FORBES Oflhe Examiner Victoria Park Panthers romped to 275 victo over Torontos Midland Col egiate Marauders in the first Ontario Federation of Schools Athletic Association invitational rugby championship Saturday at Ban tin Memorial High School in All ston York Mills Collegiate In stitute beaten 109 by the Pan thersina semifinal matchup Wxe Saturday took the bronze medal without fight when injuryplagued Barrie Central Collegiate decided to call it day after 160 loss to Midland The loss was the first in 14 games for Central ranked best in the province entering the tournament Central had beaten Victoria Park in exhibition play earlier in the season Central coach Hondon Varpe Newtw Central player moves past Midland foe Examiner Photo said he could have fielded team in the consolation final but the squad would have been one man short and without at least nine regulars including captain Ian Cathery Cathery was ejected during the preliminary round of the 12 team tournament for over aggressiveness after he alledgedly struck member of the Wexford Collegiate Vikings Seven other Central players were injured in the loss to Midland Central was the Georgian Bay Secondary School Athletic Association champion Another Barrie school Eastview Secon dary was eliminated after los ing its first two games to Midland and Oakville Trafalgar Red Devils Eastview was runnerup to Central in the GBSSA cham pionship Eight of OFSAAs 12 associa tions were represented in the twoday tournament The event was the first OFSAAsponsored sanctioned rugby championship The tour nament will become the official govincial championship and allowed to drop its invita tional title after three year probationary period Ontario Education Minister donated and presented the championship trophy and AttorneyGeneral Roy McMur try addressed the athletes at the tournaments opening ban quet Thursday Slessor and Periard hits big for win over Mr Slessor and Periard hit five times in the first and once in each following inning as they cruised to 63 win over Mr Transmission in Senior Intermediate interlocking fastball league game Saturday at Queens Park In Intermediate league play Sunday at Queens Starr Elec tric scored nine times in the last three innings to blast Starr Electric 91 Slessor pitcher Wayne McLennan allowed six hits struck out eight Mr Transmis sion batters and walked none Ron Giffen was the losing pit cher for the Intermediate squad giving up three walks and striking out seven Slessor batters League action five hits the third inning to provide Barries scoring rie Fairgrounds Udell in Sundays matchup before he was replaced thumping of host Cawthra wwt King Farms Peach Kings split Owen Sound King Farms and Grimsby Peach Kings managed to split tripleheader Sunday in Ontario Fastball Owen Sound won the afternoon game 30 Grimsby won the opening game of doubleheader Sunday night 30 and the teams tied in the final game 44 In other Sunday games Richmond Hill Nibletts defeated St Catharines Motors 30 and lost On Saturday Oshawa Carriers defeated Richmond Hill 30 and tied 04 and Grimsby defeated Kitchener Evergreens On Sunday Owen Sound won the first game with single runs in the bottom of the first second and sixth innings Winning pitcher Larry Kreis allowed six hits and Grimsbys Don Crowley and Bob Domik combined to give up In the second game Grimsby had three runs in the top of Winning pitcher Ed Unrau limited Owen Sound to three hits and Allyn Johnston and Krcis gave up 10 hits City Rugby downs Crusaders The Barrie City Rugby Club won its second Ontario Rugby Union Senior match Saturday at the Barrie Fairgrounds with an 1812 decision over the Mississauga Crusaders lan Cathery Kevin Malone Laurie Caldwell and Rob Avery each scored tries and Dave Britnell notched convert Mississauga which tied for top spot last year was favored to win this years Senior division Red Sox hammer Orillia Majors Glen Laycock pitched fourhitter and went twoforthree at the plate including secondinning homer as the Barrie Red Sox trampled the Orillia Majors 130 Sunday at the Bar The win was the first in five games for the Red Sox The Majors are the defending SouthSimcoe Baseball League champions but were without pitching ace Jerry Peter Heaslip started for the Majors giving up 11 runs The Barrie squad collected total of 13 hits Treasure Chest extends streak The Barrie Treasure Chest Antiques extended their North York girls softball league undefeated streak to three games Sunday with 164 Pitcher Donna Battersby col lected the win for the firstvear Glen Laycock of the Barrie Red Sox delivers pitch during South Simcoe Baseball League game Sunday at the Barrie Fairgrounds Laycock led the team on the mound and at the plate to i3O win over the Orillia Malors Examiner Photo club which travelled with only nine players Cheryl LeBlanc got things go ing for Barrie with tworun homer in the second inning and centrefielder Maryanne Roberts added to the root with tworun triple in the seventh and final inning Doug Keans started things rolling for Slessor with two run homer in the first inning Gerry Raycraft went twofor three at the plate including threerun homer which put his club ahead in the final inning Larry Murphy belted home run for Mr Transmission in the third frame Slessors Bill Thurlow was ejected from the game in the third inning for tossing his bat after being struck out Starr Electric came up with 16 hits including five doubles to sink Clarkson Alex Smith was credited with the win striking out four Starr batters and walking only one John Greenside hit double in the seventh inning and scored on Ron Millers single for Clarksons lone run In other recent Intermediate league games Barrie CoOp edged Clarkson 75 and Starr Electric blanked Barrie Floor and Wall 40 Bill Edgerton was the winn ing pitcher for Coop and Dan Duffy chalked up the shutout victory for Starr Electric VICTORYA PARK P5 Captains of the Victoria Park Collegiate Panthers lift the John Metcalf Trbphy after winning the first Ontario Federation of Secondary Schools Athletic Association invitational rugby championship Saturday at Banting Memorial High Shcool in Alliston Examiner Phat by Garry Forbes Kleinburg defeats Canadian in Richardson Cup action Kleinburg scored three penal ty kicks including one in over time to defeat Barrie Canadian 74 in Newmarket and District Soccer Associaton Richardson Cup play Sunday in Kleinburg The loss eliminates Barrie from the Richardson Cup com petition seasonlong tourna ment series Niekro displays allstar ability in Astros trimming of Montreal HOUSTON AP As the National Leagues hottest pitcher during the first two months of the season its only natural that Houstons Joe Niekro is being asked about his possible selection to this years allstar team Its great honor to be picked said Niekro who not ched his seventh straight win as the Astros trimmed Montreal Expos 54 Sunday night Im not thinking too much about the possiblity he said If get picked get picked But if dont dont Houston used fourrun third inning and runscoring single by Rafael Landestoy in the sixth inning to extend its long est winning streak of the season to six games Niekro scattered nine hits over the first 13 innings be fore being lifted for rookie re liever Bert Roberge Roberge in only his second major league appearance came in to secure the final five outs and registered his first career save TOPS IN LEAGUE Houston had to overcome thirdinning deficit to help Niekro to his eighth triumph in McCauley off to London Chris McCauley 16yearold defenceman who helped the Alliston Hornets to the MidOntario Junior hockey cham pionship last season was selected by the London Knights in the second round of the Ontario Hockey Association midget draft Saturday at the Skyline Hotel in Toronto McCauley who turned 16 in Februa ry was one of seven minor midget players selected by Ontario Major Junior Clubs He was the second choice of the Knights and 23rd overall He played one season with the Hornets after leading the Alliston Arrows bantam team to the AllOntario Bantam championship in 197778 McCauley was the only Simcoe County player chosen in the draft which included more than 200 midgetaged players from across the province By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ray Klivecka is only an in terim head coach so hes trying to savor every moment Its been quite long day and half Klivecka said after coaching his first game for New York Cosmos since replacing Eddie Firmani who was fired Friday in team power struggle We tried to play hard and win for him which is not to say we didnt do that for Eddie said Mark Liveric whose two secondhalf goals led the Cos mos to 31 victory over To ronto snapping the Blizzards fourgame winning streak Ray was kind of nervous be fore the game We knew we had to give 100 per cent The Cosmos now 102 went ahead on Francisco Marinhos goal at 3033 It followed near freeforall when Toronto mid fielder Cliff Calvert decked Cosmos midfielder Rick Davis as the two went after loose ball at the 1642 mark PLAYERS EJECTED When Davis fell to the field teammate Bobby Smith sprinted to Calvert kicked him in the stomach and then landed three quick punches to Calverts face Both Calvert and Smith were ejected It makes you feel good but Bobby would do that for any body on the team Davis said would have referred he didnt get kick out of the game thanked him for stick ing up for me Liveric scored his first goal 10 decisions this season No other NL pitcher has won as many as seven games this year Andre Dawsons runscoring single and Rodney Scotts double play grounder helped the Expos take tworun lead in the third The Astros however came back with four runs on RBI sin gles by Craig Reynolds and Jose Cruz and Jeff Leonards tworun double against losing pitcher Steve Rogers 53 Montreal narrowed the lead in the fifth on Dawsons second runproducing single of the game but Landestoy helped Houston regain its tworun cushion in the sixth with an RBI single against Expos reliever Rudy May The victory helped Houston increase its lead over second place Cincinnati Reds to 112 games in the West Division Montreal leads second place St Louis Cardinals by one game in the East WINS FRENCH DERBY PARIS Reuter Karim Aga Khans Top Ville ridden by Yves St Martin won the $205000 Prix du Jockey Club known as the French Derby by length Over Le Marmot It was the sixth time therace had been won by St Martin and trainer Francois Mathet Cosmos beat Blizzard with Klivecka at helm at 3214 and his second at 7231 Torontos only score was by Drew Busby In other North American Soc cer League action Sunday Washington Diplomats beat New England Tea Men 32 in overtime Rochester Lancers edged California Surf 21 Hunter Saager and Murray Hadley each scored twice for Canadian In regular season play Satur day at Steele St School Cana dian extended their unbeaten streak to four games with 31 victory over Collingwood Saager scored twice in that match and Hadley added the other Glen Hreljac tended the Barrie net In Premier Division play the Barrie City club battled to 11 draw with Nottawasaga Satur day at Eastview Charlie Foote scored the lone Barrie marker and Wally Berko guarded the home goal Steve Nelly would have liked to have seen the Barrie Treasure Chest Antiques ad fare little better in the irst annual Dr Pepper Juvenile Girls Softball tournament on the weekend but hes not total ly disappointed The Barrie squad committed several errors which led to 42 tournamentopening loss to Richmond Hill then followed the consolation trail two more steps where it was stopped by Glenfield team Barrie has already beaten this season in North York league play Aurora Diggers won the threeday Itsteam event with 62 victory over Chinguacousy in the championship game Sun day at Queens Park Glenfield dumped Amesbury 92 in the consolation final Neely coach of the firstyear Barrie team said his squad was little nervous in front of the hometown fans Weve never made as many errors as we did in that first game Neely said think they were just little nervous Playing at home in your own tournament theres extra pressure to perform well Neely added that if he had to lose games hed rather it be in an earlyseason tournament The Barrie and District Girls Softball Association rep club has won its first three games in league play Theres going to be some point in the season when youre going to drop some Perfect seasons are rare and Id rather lose here than in league game he said think it was good that they tasted defeat but it didnt hurt anything Three other squads that tasted defeat were Penetanguishene and BDGSA house league clubs Bruce Webb Builders and Shutterbug All three are midget teams the on ly ones in the tournament and all were eliminated in two games Shutterbug lost its opener 111 SP Editor David Fuller7266537 hammer MaudyJuno41m Coach takes Dr Pepper tourney losses stride Diane Foster of the Barrie Treasure Antiques Juveniles makes contact with the ball during play in the Dr Pepper Juvenile glrls invitational softball tournament held on the weekend at Queens and Mac Morrison Parks Examiner Photo to North Bendale before han ding the Barrie juvenile squad its only victory 100 decision in consolationround play Bruce Webb Builders was matched with Aurora in the opener showing promise in 1711 loss and met Glenfield in its second outing where it took 100 beating The Penetanguishene team which went to the allOntario midget finals last year was beaten 75 by Port Credit in its first game and 86 by Craighurst in its second Craighurst took 91 loss in its opener against Chinguacousv and was stopped 111 by Amesbury in its third match All teams but the two Barrio midget squads are members of the 12team North York Girls Juvenile League Neely predicts bigger tour nament next year when graduating midget teams will boost the Southern Ontario juvenile ranks More than half of 77 midget teams will be juvenile next year said the Barrie coach and the Dr Pepper event should attract at least 24 en trants Next tournament outing for the Antiques team is the Rich mond Hill Invitational June 23 Seattles Meyer the hero Mariners sink Jay SEATTLE AP Dan Meyers thirdinning grand slam helped power Seattle Mariners past Toronto Blue Jays 105 Sunday afternoon Meyers fifth home run and second grand slam of the sea son put Seattle in front to stay Toronto was ahead 21 when Hector Cruz singled Ruppert Jones walked and Bruce Bochte singled to set up Meyers blast Mariners starter Mike Par rott 31 allowed two runs in seven innings giving up four hits and an intentional walk to Roy Howell Byron McLaughlin replaced Parrott to start the eighth and promptly gave up four hits and three runs before Shane Rawley came on in the same inning with two out in that inning Seattle had 11 hits off four Silver Bombers break tradition win season opener For the first time in the clubs threeyear history the Orillia Silver Bombers senior football team got off on the right foot Saturday with an seasonopening win The victory 76 decision at Orillia District Collegiate Voca tional Institute equalled the Silver Bombers win record of last season Both North Bay and Orillia had 1101 records last year and finished in lastplace tie in the Northern Football Con ference The Silver Bombers hope to win at least four of their ten scheduled games this year and be one of the four in the six team loop eligible for post season play The game was scoreless for three quarters Midway Optimists score through the final quarter Ken Mayheu of the Silver Bombers went in for touchdown from the fiveyard line on handoff from former Central Collegiate quarterback Paul Finkbinder convert attempt by Paul Finlayson was wide leaving thedSilver Bombers with 60 ea Finlayson scored single minutes later when North Bays Leo Lavergne was caught in his own end zone on punt return The Tiger Cats fought back with touchdown in the dying minute of the game Going all out they tried for twopoint conversion and failed giving Orillia the win North Bay had 298 yards total offence compared to 226 for the Silver Bombers early to dump Canplas 73 The Barrie Optimists scored four times in the second inning and never looked back as they dumped Canplas 73 in Barrie and District Recreational Fastball League action Sunday at Mac Morrison Park Eastview iuniors eliminated Eastview Secondary Schools junior rugby team was eliminated in the quarterfinal of the York Invitational Rugby Championship Saturday in Toronto after 2412 loss to Dunbarton Eastview champions of the Georgian Bay Secondary Schools Athletic Association beat Chinguacousv 64 in over time in their first match before being eliminated Dunbarton scored 18 points on penalty kicks The Barrie school had won the GBSSA title with its second year junior team and its first year junior team finished runnerup combined team was selected for the York tour nament The Optimists seven hits in the game took the loss In the other half of the Rec gue doubleheader four hit sixrun third inning boosted ll4 lea Simcoe Hotel to thrashing of Oro an Simcoe belted 11 hits in the game to Oros five In other recent Rec league action the Giffen Farm Equip with nine hits and allowed only one to hammer Molsons 100 and the Firefighters overpowered ment Juveniles came up Clifton Hotel 143 collected in cluding doubles by Pete Whelan and Hugh Church Jim Foulis picked up the win allowing on ly four Canplas hits Dave Lowe ROY HOWELL big hits for Jays Blue Jay pitchers and was helped by nine walks and two Toronto errors Roy Howell brought in Al fredo Griffin in the first with his grounder to first and Al Woods drove John Mayberry across in the second with his tap back to the pitcher to score the first two Blue Jays runs Parrott was in control after the second as he didnt allow another Blue Jay to pass second base He came out in the eighth because of tender elbow Meyer finished at twofor four and has hit in 12 of his last 13 games Surprise starter John Hale chipped in with three hits and two runs for Seattle The Mariners pushed across hree runs in the fourth when Hale led off with double and went to third on Mario Men dozas grounder to second base This young Barrie motorcyclist has been com peting in major North American bike events since he began racing on the Ice on Kempenfelt Bay with homemade machine in l974 He picked up second and sixthplace finish at the recent Victoria Day Sprints at Mosport and few weeks before was top Canadian finisher at bigmoney race in Daytona Fla if you know who he is send your name address and telephone number to Sports Hall of Fame co The Barrie Examiner Box 370 Barrie Ont L4M 4T6 Winners are selected at random from correct entries received by Satur day Pam Easton of North St correctly identified last weeks mystery sportsman Billy Martin Contest winners will receive an 118rinch special pizza from Mr Tony Pimria and Spaghetti